Letters to the Editor – January 20, 2026

Time to start listeningIt’s one week on since devastating fires swept across Victoria and currently there are calls for a parliamentary bipartisan Upper House...

Pet of the Week

OUR VIP this week is Coco! At 12 years young, she rules her house. She spends most of her time eating, sleeping and meowing...

Five minutes with Fran; Empty chairs

HEMINGWAY said: “Every man has two deaths, when he is buried in the ground and the last time someone says his name. In some...

Sharing the big loss

UNLESS you’ve lived in a rural community, it can be hard to fully grasp what a week like this really means.For many families, these...

Call to support farmers

THE Victorian Farmers’ Federation (VFF) has urged the Australian public to unite and help farmers as they battle the Victorian bushfire crisis - one...

What Victoria’s gas ban means

FROM January 1, 2027, major changes are coming to how new homes and buildings in Victoria are powered, following the state government’s decision to...

Is that the Whittlesea U3A bell?

A UNIVERSITY in the original sense of the word, the University of the Third Age (U3A) facilitates higher learning to deliver a low-cost avenue...

Epping Road project completed

RESIDENTS around the City of Whittlesea have had a big boost to their travels in recent times with the completion of the Epping Road/High...

Council offering fire support

THE City of Whittlesea opened up an Emergency Relief Centre to help support neighbouring councils who have had residents impacted by recent fires, and...

Helping hand for fire victims

WHITTLESEA Community House has lended a helping hand to residents devastated by the Longwood bushfires by facilitating washing machines to use free of charge.Orange...
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